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A Women´s Gathering called Comandanta Ramona

29-12-2007 21:44

The Third Gathering of the Zapatistas and the World Begins: A Women´s Gathering called Comandanta Ramona

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London Critical Mass December ride.

29-12-2007 12:18

No police this time. This whole thing is sent by Smartphone.

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4 Catholic Workers Arrested at Northwood Military HQ

28-12-2007 21:31

For updates on the defendants and photos of the action check this link over the coming days

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/85631
Four members of the Catholic Worker movement were arrested at 9am on Friday December 28th, during a non-violent peace witness at Northwood Joint Forces Military HQ in Hertfordshire, England.

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This Week In Palestine – Week 51 2007

28-12-2007 18:32

This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.IMEMC.org, for December 22sec., through December 28th, 2007.

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Calais at Christmas,

27-12-2007 22:47

Christmas is a time for giving but not it seems in Calais. Where refugees lives continue to be a living hell.. The following is the first of a couple of reports, and thoughts about how we might build solidarity for some of the most serious and vulnerable ,yet resourceful and intelligent victims of war,globalisation more war and the war on terror.They have one final hurdle to surmount; British /French collabarative immigration policies which are destroying their basic refugee protection.

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Scam training course for the unemployed

27-12-2007 12:21

Scam training courses that do nothing for the unemployed, have become a lucrative gravy train for the private companies that run them.

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York & Ainsty South Hunt Sabbed - Hunt Slash Tires Following Sab Success

27-12-2007 00:19

SABOTEURS FROM THE YORK HUNT SABS GROUP TODAY MONITORED THE YORK AND AINSTY SOUTH HUNT, SAVING LIVES AND CONFRONTING THEIR ILLEGAL ACTIONS

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Palestine Today 122607

26-12-2007 16:06

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday December 20th, 2007.

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Potatoes to Heavy Industry - Xmas blockade in Iceland with video

25-12-2007 22:04

Xmas greetings and action from Saving Iceland, fighting Iceland's heavy industrialisation.

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Bali: A Missed Opportunity

25-12-2007 01:47

The gap between the urgent threat of global warming and the collective will to do something about it has never been greater. The recently concluded Conference on Climate Change in Bali was a grand opportunity to act. Instead, it was another missed opportunity. Unfortunately, the United States played a very negative role, standing in the way of consensus at every turn. And unfortunately, the rest of the world thought that seducing the US into a new agreement on climate action was top priority, resulting in a Bali Roadmap that was very sketchy.

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Barcelona bus strike shuts down the city

24-12-2007 16:18

BUS drivers in Barcelona have called a second strike for 2-4 January, demanding a five day working week, after a walk-out from 21-24 December drew widespread support, wrong-footing both company chiefs and the police.

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Acteal, Chiapas, marks 10 years since massacre

23-12-2007 22:24

From 20-22 December the indigenous organisation 'las Abejas' held a gathering at the place where ,10 years ago, 49 of their members were massacred by paramilitaries armed and backed by the Mexican state (21 women, 15 children, 9 men, 4 unborn babies).

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Demonstration Defends Freedom Of Protest

23-12-2007 15:03

On Monday this week, Merseyside Police arrested and assaulted an animal rights activist outside Cricket on Mathew Street, a shop that sells fur products. This followed an incident where a Bolton activist was found guilty on a 'section five' for photographing cops on a demo. So yesterday afternoon, around twenty of us showed solidarity and supported the regular Saturday picket of the Cricket store, and scored a bizarre victory over an aggressive and incompetant police presence.

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Refusing to accept apartheid in Beit Jala

23-12-2007 12:56

Last night the rains finally arrived in Beit Jala, a small town in the West Bank, one kilometer west of Bethlehem and about eight kilometers south of Jerusalem. Its alluring hills are covered with olive trees, vineyards and apricots. In 1967 Israel confiscated 22 percent of Beit Jala's land. Now, the construction of Israel's separation wall is in full swing and will cut off another 45 per cent of Beit Jala's land.

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BNP delegation on Russian neo-nazi march

22-12-2007 20:11

Antifa has received some interesting photos of the BNP doing a bit of
international networking; these are from the Russian ultra-right's annual
big day out, when a couple of thousand neo-nazis and ultranationalists
march through Moscow on "National Unity Day" (November 5th).

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Solidarity Demo with Iranian Workers & Students in London Today

22-12-2007 18:54

Today a range of Iranian leftist groups and individuals came in Central London to hold a demo to express their solidarity with the struggles of Iranian students and workers against the Islamic regime and against the distorted coverage of Iran by the Western Media, in particular the BBC.

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This Week In Palestine – Week 51 2007

22-12-2007 08:27

This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.IMEMC.org, for December 15th, through December 21st, 2007.

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Urgent solidarity needed with 4F anarchist prisoners in Barcelona

22-12-2007 08:21

Barcelona 4F prisoners 7-11 Jan trial & Resistance

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The Guantánamo Britons and Spain’s dubious extradition request

21-12-2007 18:17

Andy Worthington, author of “The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison,” looks behind the headlines at the flawed intelligence fuelling the Spanish government’s request for the extradition of two of the three British residents freed from Guantánamo this week.

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G8 2008: Japanese Call Out and latest planning update

21-12-2007 11:32

The G8 Summit will take place between the 7th and 9th of July. Our action days will begin on the 1st of July. There will be a series of themed demos in Sapporo during succeeding four days. July 5th shall be the day of mass rally and demo in Sapporo. We propose to make it the international day of action, calling a simultaneous protest in different cities of the world. During the three days of the Summit we are planning mass direct action at sites near Lake Toya.